The Wolf King : : Ibn Mardanīsh and the construction of power in al-Andalus /

The Wolf King : : Ibn Mardanīsh and the construction of power in al-Andalus / / Abigail Krasner Balbale.

This book explores how political power was conceptualised, constructed, and wielded in 12th-century al-Andalus, focusing on the eventful reign of Muhammad ibn Sad ibn Ahmad ibn Mardansh (r. 1147-1172). Celebrated in Castilian and Latin sources as El Rey Lobo/Rex Lupus and denigrated by Almohad and l...

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Superior document:Medieval societies, religions, and cultures
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Balbale, Abigail Krasner,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca : : Cornell University Press,, 2022.
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Medieval societies, religions, and cultures.
Cornell scholarship online.
Physical Description:1 online resource (361 pages)
Notes:Also issued in print: 2022.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Caliph and Mahdī: The Battle over Power in the Islamic Middle Period
  • 2. Rebel against the Truth : Almohad Visions of Ibn Mardanīsh
  • 3. Filiative Networks : Lineage and Legitimacy in Sharq al-Andalus
  • 4. Material Genealogies and the Construction of Power
  • 5. Vassals, Traders, and Kings : Economic and Political Networks in the Western Mediterranean
  • 6. Resistance and Assimilation after the Almohad Conquest
  • 7. The Reconquista, a Lost Paradise, and Other Teleologies
  • Postscript : Medieval Stories, Modern Anxieties
  • Bibiography
  • Index.

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